# SDMB getting faster?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-getting-faster/93002>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [November 12, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-getting-faster/93002 "2001-11-12T23:07:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-getting-faster/93002/1 "2001-11-12T23:07:31Z")

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Is it just me, or has the SDMB gotten faster in it’s loading time recently? What has happened to make it do that?

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-getting-faster/93002/2 "2001-11-13T05:32:17Z")

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Bigger hamsters.

Seriously, perhaps our techs have found a way to squeeze more performance out of our server, they’re clever that way sometimes. Accept it and be grateful.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![blackmonday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/53a042/32.png) [@blackmonday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blackmonday)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2001, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-getting-faster/93002/3 "2001-11-13T22:43:16Z")

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It’s not universal. My last post is still hovering in that limbo state- It took over 3 minutes to turn to “Thanks for Posting”, and will be another minute I’m guessing before that window is back in business.